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By winning the annual Hunger Games, District 12 tributes Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark have secured a life of safety and plenty for themselves and their families, but because they won by defying the rules, they unwittingly become the faces of an impending rebellion.
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Katniss Everdeen has returned home safe after winning the 74th Annual Hunger Games along with fellow tribute Peeta Mellark. Winning means that they must turn around and leave their family and close friends, embarking on a Victor's Tour of the districts. Along the way Katniss senses that a rebellion is simmering, but the Capitol is still very much in control as President Snow prepares the 75th Annual Hunger Games, The Quarter Quell, and announces a...
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She won't stop her life. She can't stop wanting him…Already teetering on a fine line between her life and livelihood, Seline Marchand simply can't afford anything that will upset that delicate balance, not the serial killer who is after her, and not the hot firefighter who's been tapped to protect her. But Seline is trapped in a predator's crosshairs and his relentless threats are methodically stripping her of everything-her job, her paycheck, even...
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Beloved author, elder, and wisdom holder Sister Joan Chittister invites listeners into a rich landscape of questions and topics illuminating to those of many traditions.
How do we face unbearable hurt and struggle?
When we feel lost, alone, and in despair, how do we spark the divine fire within?
What are our unique gifts, and to what purpose are we meant to use them?
For over four decades, Sister Joan Chittister has inspired countless readers...
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Catching Fire, the New York Times bestseller by Suzanne Collins, is now a major motion picture - and this is your guide to all of the movie's excitement, both in front of the camera and behind it.
Go behind the scenes of the making of Catching Fire with exclusive materials, including back-stage photos and interviews. From the screenwriting process to the casting decisions, from the fantastic new sets and gorgeous costumes to the actors' performances...
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RJ Ryder is a war veteran with a past that has cost him his future. He lost his right leg and the ability to father children in a landmine explosion in the Middle East. When Lydia North dares him to fight for his future, he takes her job offer as second in command of her growing construction company. In the first weeks of work, he is almost involved in accident on a building site. Nancy Jackson slams into the man Lydia has brought into the company,...
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There's only one thing Malena Cortez dislikes more than cold coffee and that's Thad King. They've worked at the same law firm for almost seven years. She even once thought they were friends. But there is nothing friendly about Thad. Except maybe his dog. When they're forced to work together on a case, Malena realizes there is more to the preppy rich guy than she'd always thought. But she doesn't have time to figure out why Thad suddenly doesn't hate...
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2014
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Katniss Everdeen has returned home safe after winning the 74th Annual Hunger Games along with fellow tribute Peeta Mellark. Winning means that they must turn around and leave their family and close friends, embarking on a "Victor's Tour" of the districts. Along the way Katniss senses that a rebellion is simmering, but the Capitol is still very much in control as President Snow prepares the 75th Annual Hunger Games (The Quarter Quell); a competition...
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In Catching Fire, the translation of Diamela Eltit's Never Did the Fire unfolds in real time as a conversation between works of art, illuminating both in the process. The problems and pleasures of conveying literature into another language-what happens when you meet a pun? a double entendre?-are met by translator Daniel Hahn's humor, deftness, and deep appreciation for what sets Eltit's work apart, and his evolving understanding of what this particular...
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Home safe after winning the 74th Annual Hunger Games, Katniss and Peeta must turn around and embark on a "Victor's Tour" of the districts, where they sense that a rebellion is simmering, and probably sparked by Katniss. The Capitol proves they are very much in control as President Snow prepares the 75th Annual Hunger Games: an anniversary competition that will draw contestants from previous victors, a condition that leaves District 12 with very few...
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Sergei Andronikov was a child when the Mafia wiped out his family, leaving him with nothing but a hunger for revenge. Years later, through ruthless strategy and tireless patience, he's a contract killer working for the three families ruling Cape Swan… and he's nearly in position to bring them all down from the inside.
Domenico "Dom" Maisano is Mafia royalty, a made man… and a hitman. He's caught up in a violent life he can't escape, struggling...
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Chain O'Lakes State Park
Spring Grove County
Illinois
Drop a rock into a still lake
and sit back to watch the ripples grow...
Set in contemporary America, this novel tracks the ripple effect of the arrival of a young couple in hiding from a religious cult on the quiet lives of the local people of 'Chain O'Lakes' Illinois, exposing their pasts. Character driven and mainly set in dialogue, the story encompasses repression, humour, action, fatality...
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People are used to relatives to celebrities writing books to trash their celebrity or politician relatives. I wrote a book to trash myself for a very important purpose, to tell others to honor their fathers and mothers as I should have before it is to late. Private Self Insured Reparations Bond services Reparations for Women, African American, and other American customers by Retail Entity providing $80,000 legal 'leg up' for U.S.citizens 18 and above,...
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